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It’s your Friday good news! 1.  “I’ve been in the federal government for over 17 years and a recent internal restructure put me in a bad position with a new boss. She was very clear that if I wasn’t ok with coming into the office almost every day and doing the jobs of three people […]

It’s your Friday good news! 1.  “I’ve been casually looking for a new job for a while. I do like my current job–my team is great, I love my boss–but I’m badly underpaid and it came down to finances. I ramped up my search last fall, and had a couple nibbles, but nothing panned out, […]

It’s your Friday good news! 1.  “I have a niche specialization within an already pretty small and tight-knit field. For the past several years I’ve had what on paper looked like a ‘dream job’ but in actuality kept growing more and more unsustainable and crazy-making. Short version of the drama: major structural changes imposed over […]

It’s your Friday good news! 1.  “I’ve written to you a couple of times (unpublished), usually in the depths of despair about my job. I’ve been doing between two to four full time positions at once due to horrific and chronic understaffing, I’m underpaid by 30% according to data on my position and location, and […]

It’s your Friday good news! 1.  “After a year or so of trying to get through some issues at work, I decided that the best thing to do was to leave. My job history has hopped around for the last few years, which is pretty normal when your work touches the internet because the internet […]

It’s your Friday good news! 1.  “About 5 years ago, I got my first ‘real’ corporate job at a smallish company. At first, everything was great. Fast forward a few years to the first Red Flag. I found out our VP of 10+ years had been let go when her email bounced back. If that’s […]

It’s your Friday good news! 1.  “I wrote to you about a month and a half ago (in a letter that wasn’t published) about the difficulties I had with a new job’s high workload and duties, both of which were very different from what had been described in the interview. At the time, my supervisor, […]

It’s your Friday good news! 1.  “I am an avid reader (and recommender) and wanted to share a little Friday Good News! After finally making the decision to launch my job search in earnest, I am thrilled to be starting my new job next month. I was truly torn about leaving my current role, but […]

It’s your Friday good news! 1.  “I wanted to share my story of success in finding a new job this year. This summer, the small academic library I used to work at was running two separate searches for employees. Right at the end of a successful interview for the second search, the only remaining librarian […]

It’s your Friday good news! 1.  “I had been alternating between being miserable and being indifferent to my job for several years. I knew I wasn’t happy but I just felt stuck and I didn’t think I was capable of finding something better. I also didn’t really know what I wanted. That feeling worsened the […]